Richard Bible

-- Richard W. Bible, 73, of Gore Orphanage Road, died Friday, July 23, 1999, at Meadowville Care Center in Seville, after a period of declining health.

He was the brother of Mary Snyder of Wooster.

Graveside services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Rochester Cemetery.

There will be no calling hours. Murray Funeral Home in Creston is handling arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

He was born June 18, 1926 in Coshocton to Shelby Walter and Grace (Dry) Bible and married Retha G. Davis. She died in 1997.

Surviving are daughters, Margaret Borrello of Silver Creek, N.Y., and Patricia McIlveen of Katy, Texas; a stepson, Terry Bartlett of New London; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sisters, Jacqueline Hunter of Vincent and Dottie Overholt of North Port, Fla.; and nieces and nephews.